SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Bioscience Co., a major South Korean pharmaceutical firm, said Monday it plans to invest 150 billion won (US$132 million) through 2024 to expand its production capacity of COVID-19 vaccines. SK Bioscience said the investment is meant to increase the production capacity of the production line based in Andong, [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — With more South Koreans getting vaccinated for COVID-19, convenience store chains are seeing a boost in Tylenol sales. 7-Eleven reported a 23.3 percent increase in Tylenol sales last month compared to the previous month. Tylenol sales between May 27 and 30, soon after the introduction of the reservation service [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — In a massive coronavirus breakout at a church in Goesan County, North Chungcheong Province, 23 churchgoers tested positive for the coronavirus except for one person – a lucky individual who had already been vaccinated. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported that 22 people who participated in [...]
DAEJEON, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean research team has developed an adjuvant that can help vaccines work better. The Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology said Thursday that researchers had developed an adjuvant that acts as a fake RNA virus to make it easier for the vaccine to penetrate the cell and invigorate the immune [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — On South Korean social media, public opinion about coronavirus vaccines appears to have changed from anticipation to anxiety, a recent study showed. The advertising agency KPR & Associates, Inc. analyzed about 720,000 cases of COVID-19-related social media big data for the period from February 2020 to January 2021. In [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. biotech company Moderna has agreed to supply new coronavirus vaccine doses for 20 million people to South Korea starting in the second quarter of next year, Cheong Wa Dae announced Tuesday. The agreement was reached in a videoconference between President Moon Jae-in and Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel held [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) will start administering its initial doses of a COVID-19 vaccine this week, beginning with health care workers, officials said Monday. USFK received the first shipment of Moderna’s vaccine on Friday as Camp Humphreys was chosen by the U.S. government as one of four sites outside [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) will start administering the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to its members this week, Gen. Robert Abrams said Wednesday. According to the U.S. Department of Defense’s plan, Allgood Army Community Hospital inside Camp Humphreys in South Korea will be one of four sites outside the continental [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Over half of South Koreans think the speed at which coronavirus vaccinations are carried out is more important than verifying their safety, a public survey showed Wednesday. In the Realmeter survey conducted on 500 people aged 18 or older nationwide Tuesday, 54.9 percent of the respondents said the country [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts have argued that coronavirus vaccines should be distributed based on priorities. The Korean Society for Medical Ethics (KSME) published a statement on Tuesday, calling on all sectors to discuss the issue of distributing COVID-19 vaccines and utilizing ER resources to overcome the current health crisis. The KSME emphasized [...]